Fill factor will depend on site conditions and the soil characteristics. 1.3 is just a common default value used when better information isn't available.

@StevenYounkinCivil agreed.

The classic struggle against Murphy's law, glad to help keep you in the fight!

You could make a data shortcut folder for each separate project.

Thank you, I reference the files from a previous video in this dropbox link: www.dropbox.com/sh/r5wwvlqgc7oj44t/AADF3Muq_bgvrSoSc1bSaf8ma?e=1&dl=0

Hi Grape, glad it is helpful. I think you're best bet is to find the metadata from the source. The Iowa Geotree site has their data in this format www.geotree.uni.edu/static/lidar/iowa_lidar_metadata.html. It doesn't seem the Iowa data stores their metadata in a header as yours may not either, but it's worth checking. CloudCompare can pull that I believe. The final desperate solution would be if you know approximately where your data is and common formats, you can guess. Around Iowa we commonly use State Plane, some low distortion projections, UTM, WGS84 etc. Good luck!

@@StevenYounkinCivil Thank you for the help Steven! I was indeed able to find the metadata from the gov site I found the .las file from. Thank you again for the great video!

You are welcome. As technology changes and people's needs change there will always be opportunities to learn new things and more opportunities to teach it to others.

Shrish, If I understand your problem correctly you are looking to have some kind of data join. The simplest way in my mind would be to open your shapefile in a GIS software (e.g. ArcMap/QGIS) together with a csv/txt of the excel data and perform a "join" based on a common attribute. Then you could export this to another shapefile and import that into C3D, this could be updated every time your data is updated or modified. Alternatively, it appears there is a solution using the C3D Map with a join inside of the software. forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-map-3d-forum/joining-an-external-db-table-to-a-shapefile/td-p/7963019 It appears another user has a video describing this process, though back in 2012, so not sure it will be the same with the version you are using: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH-qi6iHadBlr5o Regards, Steven

Hello Giampiero, rcp should be an autodesk proprietary file format. My understanding is that Recap can only be created using Autodesk products like Recap.

Since the design surface has a different interval from the base surface they do not appear to match. If that was important for your plan production you could modify the display settings.

@@StevenYounkinCivil thanks for replying. Im a second year landscape architecthure student Just starting to use civil. Its Just confusing with the countours in civil

@@mikesaage7664 Sure, if you're looking to know more about how those work I'd recommend looking into how surface properties work. Autodesk's articles are detailed but not concise. knowledge.autodesk.com/support/civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-C55F98A6-48D7-4B99-BA34-E5A7F8BC0F68-htm.html

@@StevenYounkinCivil WILL DO

There may be, but I'm not aware of a tool provided inside of C3D for that. If you are dealing with some kind of tedious or repetitive workflow involving equalizing cut/fill there is likely at least some kind of script or plugin available for that.

I believe that is relatively similar to .las import. For instance, on the www.geotree.uni.edu/lidar/ website there is an option to download ".xyzi" format data, that is X coordinate, Y coordinate, Elevation and Intensity. Cloud Compare doesn't recognize the ".xyzi" formate, but it can simply have it's file path renamed to ".txt" and then click the "File->open" and make sure the "Open Ascii File" Wizard which pops up uses the correct fields to populate the point cloud. If you already have a .txt file with the proper fields you can skip the file path renaming and just start from the opening step.

@@StevenYounkinCivil thank u so much..it worked.

I am not quite sure what is going on. I do know to create a grading you need a surface first, it's possible you haven't made a surface yet. If you have it should pop up under the Grading Creation Tools window. I have taken a screenshot and uploaded it to this dropbox folder of what it should look like. I also uploaded a quick example of a finished simple grading. www.dropbox.com/sh/r5wwvlqgc7oj44t/AADF3Muq_bgvrSoSc1bSaf8ma?dl=0

Thanks, hope it could help!

G Hyde, You are asking for a whole process of solutions. I do not have video for any of these topics, maybe I’ll add some in the future but no plans to make one soon. I have always thought the Lynda . Com tutorials were fairly comprehensive. If you are a student they may still have some discounts for registering.

Thanks, I'II look into Lynda.com

any one who can help, I have already made the topo survey but I want to create levees on 600 acre land

@@ssemakulamusa3125, while I am not familiar with rice levees, you may find it useful to create a surface from breaklines. You create feature lines which represent the appropriate edges of your levee and set the elevation to the desired height along the lines. This is Autodesk's tutorial on that process: knowledge.autodesk.com/support/civil-3d/getting-started/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Civil3D-Tutorials/files/GUID-9CC1D50D-1542-4CD3-8136-D6E512D5C64E-htm.html best of luck

Did not know that method, always good to keep learning!

That is a good point. I forgot to mention I was using a template which automatically set those units.

Hi Javier, it is likely because of the template you are using when you started up your civil 3D file. Autodesk has an overview about them: knowledge.autodesk.com/support/civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2018/ENU/Civil3D-UserGuide/files/GUID-BEECDB8A-96FC-453B-B1F7-D7C9066F10E6-htm.html. I have encountered that same issue before. All the best.

I‘m using Open Broadcast Software (OBS)

Glad to help!

HerrMikael, I did not discuss how to add point clouds to a surface that has already been created. I believe this article from Autodesk should explain that: knowledge.autodesk.com/support/civil-3d/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Civil3D-Tutorials/files/GUID-B282E7E7-7A24-4BBD-B698-E99065F12C96-htm.html If you need additional help just let me know.

Elsadig, the location to the server is here: amesgisweb.city.ames.ia.us/arcgis/services/Ames_Images/COA_IMG_2015_CL_MS/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS However, I've noticed the directory for the previous url will change from time to time. You can find a number of WMS available for free on the web. For instance here is an OSM WMS: 129.206.228.72/cached/hillshade? a quick google search based on what specific area you are looking at may reveal more open source WMS rasters as well.